Re: use of program_name

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:

> > -# define program_name program_invocation_name
> 
> Let's omit this '#define', and change all uses of program_name to
> program_name in the rest of the code.  The other arm of the #if can
> then contain
> 
> #define program_invocation_name program_name ()

No, it cannot. First of all, error.c does not use this symbol, so there
is no use defining it. And, secondly, gnulib module argp makes sure
program_invocation_name (and its counterpart program_invocation_short_name)
is available and such a define will create problems for packages
that use argp.

Regards,
Sergey